Kyoto Freight Terminal Explained

Kyoto Freight Terminal
Native Name:京都貨物駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Shimogyō, Kyoto, Kyoto
Country:Japan
Operator:Japan Freight Railway Company
Opened:1913
Former:Umekōji (until 2011)

is a railway freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

The terminal opened on June 21, 1913 as, dividing the freight service at Kyōto Station to the new facilities west of the station. It was located in the ground east of the track of the San'in Main Line, where now Umekōji Park occupies, until it was moved westward to the present site on March 12, 1990. The name of the freight terminal was changed to the present one on March 12, 2011.[1]

Kyoto Freight Terminal is capable to handle containers of up to 30 ft.[2]

References

34.9853°N 135.7414°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 駅名改称のご案内~6線区8ヶ所の駅名を改称します~. Japan Freight Railway Company. March 11, 2011. Japanese. November 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110515162457/http://www.jrfreight.co.jp/common/pdf/news/201103-01.pdf. May 15, 2011. dead.
  2. Web site: エリア別サービス案内. Japan Freight Railway Company. Japanese. November 2, 2013.